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Trevor Rosenthal will be stretched out as a starter heading into spring training next February.

Rosenthal seems doubtful to crack the Opening Day rotation given the Cardinals' bevy of options, but the thought is he could fall back into a multi-inning relief gig and possibly thrive. "In terms of role we’re going to see how things go, but we’re open to anything," said Cardinals GM John Mozeliak. "It was something that he has had a desire to do. As we were looking at all the different moving pieces it doesn’t hurt to have an extra arm, and in the past we’ve felt like an extra arm would help. As you start to think about bullpen structure and multiple innings it makes sense to have people prepared to do more than just a one-inning stint." Nov 10 - 10:43 AM

Cardinals GM John Mozeliak hinted Wednesday that Trevor Rosenthal may be looked at as a starter leading into the 2017 season.

"I imagine that’s something we’re going to talk about," said Mozeliak. Rosenthal has expressed a desire to start in the past, and he was pushed out of the closer role this year by Seung Hwan Oh. It's probably something worth exploring. Rosenthal worked three scoreless innings in his final appearance of 2016 -- only the second time he had gone three-plus innings in a major league game. Call that a preview. Oct 6 - 9:08 AM

Trevor Rosenthal struck out two in a perfect inning of relief Friday against the Giants.

It'd be big for the Cardinals bullpen if Rosenthal proved ready to get key outs right from the get go here. He was making his return tonight after six weeks in the disabled list with a flexor tendon strain and shoulder inflammation. Sep 17 - 2:04 AM

Rosenthal had hinted that he wouldn't be returning until some point over the weekend, but the Cardinals wanted him active on Thursday just in case. He'll work in a setup capacity in front of closer Seung Hwan Oh. Sep 15 - 10:02 PM

Lynn didn't pitch at the big league level in 2016 as he recovered from Tommy John surgery, making just two minor league rehab starts. He's expected to be fully healthy and ready to go for the start of spring training. Prior to his injury, he compiled an excellent 3.37 ERA and 766/291 K/BB ratio over 791 1/3 innings with the Cardinals.

A right knee injury kept Lyons out of action for the final two months of the 2016 season, and on November 5 general manager John Mozeliak relayed that the injury was "not responding as quickly as we hoped." Lyons' current recovery timetable from the surgery is set at 5-6 months. Along those lines, a return in late spring would be the most optimistic outlook here. Prior to the season-ending injury, Lyons had pitched to a 3.38 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and 46/14 K/BB ratio over 48 frames.

Zach Duke underwent Tommy John surgery and also had his flexor muscle repaired last week.

This comes out of nowhere, as we hadn't heard of any elbow trouble that Duke was having until now. However, he is coming off a career-high 81 appearances in 2016, and it appears that his arm just couldn't hold up. He'll miss the entire 2017 season before hitting free agency the following winter.